1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

The 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Turnout78.0%[1] Decrease 1.0 pp
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 212,080 197,106
Percentage 51.66% 48.02%


President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Rhode Island was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. Rhode Island is 1 of 6 States that voted for Reagan in 1984 and have not voted Republican in any presidential race since; the other 5 are Washington, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon. This was also the last time that the counties of Bristol, Newport and Washington voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Kent County or any county in the state until Donald Trump won it in 2016.

To date, this is the last time that the cities of Cranston, Newport, Warwick, and Woonsocket, as well as the towns of Bristol, Cumberland, Jamestown, Narragansett, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Warren, and Westerly voted Republican.

Results

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1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 212,080 51.66% 4
Democratic Walter Mondale 197,106 48.02% 0
America First Bob Richards 510 0.12% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 277 0.07% 0
Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 240 0.06% 0
Workers World Larry Holmes 91 0.02% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 75 0.02% 0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 61 0.01% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 49 0.01% 0
Write-Ins 3 >0.01% 0
Totals 410,492 100.0% 4

By county

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County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bristol 11,635 55.18% 9,386 44.52% 63 0.30% 2,249 10.66% 21,084
Kent 40,427 56.15% 31,352 43.55% 214 0.30% 9,075 12.60% 71,993
Newport 19,629 57.38% 14,466 42.29% 114 0.33% 5,163 15.09% 34,209
Providence 116,024 48.16% 124,109 51.52% 765 0.32% -8,085 -3.36% 240,898
Washington 24,365 57.59% 17,793 42.06% 147 0.35% 6,572 15.53% 42,305
Totals 212,080 51.66% 197,106 48.02% 1,306 0.32% 14,974 3.64% 410,492

Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 1984 (422,851) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 1984 (542,216). See "General Election November 2, 1984". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved February 6, 2018.